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FREE Take one THE &MIRROR
Week of Oct. 20,2010 | Vol. 36, iss 7
■ fairfieldmirror.com •
The Independent Student Newspaper
of Fairfield University ——————-
The Reflection of Fairfield
Foley vs. Malloy: Gubernatorial
Photo Ulustrastion by Peter Caty/The Mirror
Republican Candidate Tom Foley (left) and Democratic Candidate Dan Malloy (right) debated live at the Quick Center Tuesday.
BY ALEXANDRIA HEIN
NEWS EDITOR
The live televised Connecticut gu-bernatorial
debate between Democratic
candidate Dan Malloy and Republican
Candidate Tom Foley took place at the
Quick Center on Tuesday. Supporters
lined the streets in the hours leading up
to the event, holding signs like, "Women
for Foley," and "Carpenters for Malloy."
Malloy arrived first, in a grey Mercury
truck featuring a broken left taillight. Fo-ley
later pulled onto campus in his large
infamous campaign bus.
The debate was co-moderated by
Eyewitness News anchor and Face the
State host, Dennis House and WNPR
news director and host of "Where We
Live," John Dankosky. Father von Arx
walked out on the stage and introduced
the candidates, reminding attendees to
turn off their cell phones, quipping, he
hoped, they would listen to a Priest.
Then came the silence. Click. Click.
Cough. "3 minutes," said one moderator.
"2 minutes," he said after what felt like 5.
More camera shutters were heard, and
finally the cliche baby cry.
When House and Dankosky finally
got the go ahead, the rules were laid out
for candidates, "Two minutes to answer
each question, 30 seconds to respond,"
and then the first question was asked.
Malloy had to respond first to a question
pertaining to his hypothetical first 100
days in office, and what he would do to
fix the record high unemployment rate
in Connecticut.
Malloy answered, promising to
make the government more transparent,
by saying that he would let the citizens
know just how deep the hole that has
been dug is, and show them a plan that
will get them "out and over the tough
times we are in." Among other things he
vowed to change electric rates, "get off
the backs of small business owners," and
DEBATE | PAGE 3
It's a Hard-Knock Beach Life, For Stags
BY JA MELIE CECCO
STAFF WRITER
For Fairfield University seniors, life
is a beach and they are just playing in
the sand. But for beach residents, life is
a bitch.
Local year-round beach residents
and The Connecticut Post continue to
complain about the "Animal House
partying," at the beach this fall. National
publications like the Princeton Review
continue to slam the university for poor
town-gown relations, ranking Fairfield
number 17 on the list, an improvement
to the number two spot it had in 2001.
There is constant, "yelling and
screaming that wakes people up after 11
p.m. It even happens during the daytime.
I don't understand," said Fairfield Beach
Resident Associations (FBRA) president
Paige Herman. According to Herman,
that is then number one issue between
Fairfield students and the locals.
But Chief of Police at the Fairfield
Police Department Gary MacNamara
recendy told The Mirror that the situ-ation
at the beach this year has been
better. The Mirror recently convened a
round table discussion with the Fairfield
police and president of the FBRA, along
with one-on-one discussions with the
Assistant Director of Resident Life at
Fairfield University and students living at
the beach.
We found a few disagreements
about the disruptiveness of the partying
at the beach. Here are the four different
perspectives on the partying done by
Fairfield University beach residents.
Fairfield Police: Law Enforcers
Although it is their job to issue tick-ets
and make arrests, police insist they
are not out to get students. For them,
"Maintaining peace in the area is our
main goal," said Chief MacNamara.
If the police receive a phone call,
they are required to go to the house and
asses the situation. This is where the
"no warning," policy comes into play. If
the police are contacted, and the house
they investigate is loud, disruptive and/
or unreasonable, a ticket will be issued.
"Large gatherings with alcohol being
BEACH LIFE I PAGE 7
CT Post Needs
Clam Jam 101
Course
BY MIRROR EDITORIAL STAFF
OPINION
Fairfield Students + Fairfield Beach = Drunk. It
seems any time these two concepts are mentioned
the same conclusion is always made. We saw it
happen last weekwhen The Connecticut Postran an
editorial titled "Students need Clam Jam 101 course."
Fairfield students conceptualized Clam Jam 101; it's
The Connecticut Postwho has yet to attend.
The Post stated, "Fairfield University needs
to move swiftly to stop any resurgence of 'Animal
House' partying by its students at Fairfield Beach."
Well, we wish there were "Animal House" partying
going on at the beach. It would be much more fun.
Any state school party scene makes the Fairfield .
party scene look like a high school house party.
We can all attest that when visiting other schools
we have seen the sheer destructive nature of party-ing
students. Glass tables are broken and front doors
ripped apart as cops show up to the party.
Compared to these other schools, Fairfield
student debauchery is pretty tame. We might be a
bit loud, we might urinate in public places, and we
might drop a few beer cans along the way, but we
aren't leaving a path of pricey destruction in our
wake. We pay enough to live in the beachside houses.
As for The Connecticut Post, we have yet to meet
an Otter, Boon, or Bluto down on Fairfield Beach
Road, nor have we seen the First Selectman's daugh-ter
returned to his house via a shopping cart. So
let's lay off the Animal House name-calling; you just
sound like Neidermeyer.
We have decided to look at beach life critically,
putting aside the old argument that involves com-plaining
about partying students after buying a house
down by the beach. Too often, students dismiss the
complaint, relating it to the same as buying a house
next to train tracks and complaining that trains wake
you up every morning. Clearly the point has been
made by now - we are not perfect neighbors and
year-round residents should have known better. We
are not students who just want to party all the time.
We are students at a respectable university.
The beach is not an ideal situation for any par-ties
currently involved. College students are finally
let loose from the scrutiny that comes with living on
campus and now are free and able to have kegs and
larger parties. Year-round residents simply want to be
able to go to sleep before midnight and not be woken
up by students' drunken antics.
Students pay high rental rates. Year round
residents pay big bucks for their property. Everybody
thinks they are entitled to their own way of life, and
all live within spitting distance of each other. It is
sheer madness.
The University's only concern is that the beach
damages the school's reputation and strains town
and gown relations. Whether or not the administra-tion
is willing to admit it or not, we all know they
would be happier if there were no beach.
We understand that for an up and coming
school like Fairfield, the old partying mentality from
CLAM JAM I PAGE 7
INSIDETHIS ISSUE
O&AWITH MUSLIM CAMPUS
CHAPLAIN SEE P. 9
CHEFS TABLE COMES TO THE
LIBRARY SEE P. 11
RED SEA MADNESS SUCCESS
SEE P. 24

FREE Take one THE &MIRROR
Week of Oct. 20,2010 | Vol. 36, iss 7
■ fairfieldmirror.com •
The Independent Student Newspaper
of Fairfield University ——————-
The Reflection of Fairfield
Foley vs. Malloy: Gubernatorial
Photo Ulustrastion by Peter Caty/The Mirror
Republican Candidate Tom Foley (left) and Democratic Candidate Dan Malloy (right) debated live at the Quick Center Tuesday.
BY ALEXANDRIA HEIN
NEWS EDITOR
The live televised Connecticut gu-bernatorial
debate between Democratic
candidate Dan Malloy and Republican
Candidate Tom Foley took place at the
Quick Center on Tuesday. Supporters
lined the streets in the hours leading up
to the event, holding signs like, "Women
for Foley," and "Carpenters for Malloy."
Malloy arrived first, in a grey Mercury
truck featuring a broken left taillight. Fo-ley
later pulled onto campus in his large
infamous campaign bus.
The debate was co-moderated by
Eyewitness News anchor and Face the
State host, Dennis House and WNPR
news director and host of "Where We
Live," John Dankosky. Father von Arx
walked out on the stage and introduced
the candidates, reminding attendees to
turn off their cell phones, quipping, he
hoped, they would listen to a Priest.
Then came the silence. Click. Click.
Cough. "3 minutes," said one moderator.
"2 minutes," he said after what felt like 5.
More camera shutters were heard, and
finally the cliche baby cry.
When House and Dankosky finally
got the go ahead, the rules were laid out
for candidates, "Two minutes to answer
each question, 30 seconds to respond,"
and then the first question was asked.
Malloy had to respond first to a question
pertaining to his hypothetical first 100
days in office, and what he would do to
fix the record high unemployment rate
in Connecticut.
Malloy answered, promising to
make the government more transparent,
by saying that he would let the citizens
know just how deep the hole that has
been dug is, and show them a plan that
will get them "out and over the tough
times we are in." Among other things he
vowed to change electric rates, "get off
the backs of small business owners," and
DEBATE | PAGE 3
It's a Hard-Knock Beach Life, For Stags
BY JA MELIE CECCO
STAFF WRITER
For Fairfield University seniors, life
is a beach and they are just playing in
the sand. But for beach residents, life is
a bitch.
Local year-round beach residents
and The Connecticut Post continue to
complain about the "Animal House
partying," at the beach this fall. National
publications like the Princeton Review
continue to slam the university for poor
town-gown relations, ranking Fairfield
number 17 on the list, an improvement
to the number two spot it had in 2001.
There is constant, "yelling and
screaming that wakes people up after 11
p.m. It even happens during the daytime.
I don't understand," said Fairfield Beach
Resident Associations (FBRA) president
Paige Herman. According to Herman,
that is then number one issue between
Fairfield students and the locals.
But Chief of Police at the Fairfield
Police Department Gary MacNamara
recendy told The Mirror that the situ-ation
at the beach this year has been
better. The Mirror recently convened a
round table discussion with the Fairfield
police and president of the FBRA, along
with one-on-one discussions with the
Assistant Director of Resident Life at
Fairfield University and students living at
the beach.
We found a few disagreements
about the disruptiveness of the partying
at the beach. Here are the four different
perspectives on the partying done by
Fairfield University beach residents.
Fairfield Police: Law Enforcers
Although it is their job to issue tick-ets
and make arrests, police insist they
are not out to get students. For them,
"Maintaining peace in the area is our
main goal," said Chief MacNamara.
If the police receive a phone call,
they are required to go to the house and
asses the situation. This is where the
"no warning," policy comes into play. If
the police are contacted, and the house
they investigate is loud, disruptive and/
or unreasonable, a ticket will be issued.
"Large gatherings with alcohol being
BEACH LIFE I PAGE 7
CT Post Needs
Clam Jam 101
Course
BY MIRROR EDITORIAL STAFF
OPINION
Fairfield Students + Fairfield Beach = Drunk. It
seems any time these two concepts are mentioned
the same conclusion is always made. We saw it
happen last weekwhen The Connecticut Postran an
editorial titled "Students need Clam Jam 101 course."
Fairfield students conceptualized Clam Jam 101; it's
The Connecticut Postwho has yet to attend.
The Post stated, "Fairfield University needs
to move swiftly to stop any resurgence of 'Animal
House' partying by its students at Fairfield Beach."
Well, we wish there were "Animal House" partying
going on at the beach. It would be much more fun.
Any state school party scene makes the Fairfield .
party scene look like a high school house party.
We can all attest that when visiting other schools
we have seen the sheer destructive nature of party-ing
students. Glass tables are broken and front doors
ripped apart as cops show up to the party.
Compared to these other schools, Fairfield
student debauchery is pretty tame. We might be a
bit loud, we might urinate in public places, and we
might drop a few beer cans along the way, but we
aren't leaving a path of pricey destruction in our
wake. We pay enough to live in the beachside houses.
As for The Connecticut Post, we have yet to meet
an Otter, Boon, or Bluto down on Fairfield Beach
Road, nor have we seen the First Selectman's daugh-ter
returned to his house via a shopping cart. So
let's lay off the Animal House name-calling; you just
sound like Neidermeyer.
We have decided to look at beach life critically,
putting aside the old argument that involves com-plaining
about partying students after buying a house
down by the beach. Too often, students dismiss the
complaint, relating it to the same as buying a house
next to train tracks and complaining that trains wake
you up every morning. Clearly the point has been
made by now - we are not perfect neighbors and
year-round residents should have known better. We
are not students who just want to party all the time.
We are students at a respectable university.
The beach is not an ideal situation for any par-ties
currently involved. College students are finally
let loose from the scrutiny that comes with living on
campus and now are free and able to have kegs and
larger parties. Year-round residents simply want to be
able to go to sleep before midnight and not be woken
up by students' drunken antics.
Students pay high rental rates. Year round
residents pay big bucks for their property. Everybody
thinks they are entitled to their own way of life, and
all live within spitting distance of each other. It is
sheer madness.
The University's only concern is that the beach
damages the school's reputation and strains town
and gown relations. Whether or not the administra-tion
is willing to admit it or not, we all know they
would be happier if there were no beach.
We understand that for an up and coming
school like Fairfield, the old partying mentality from
CLAM JAM I PAGE 7
INSIDETHIS ISSUE
O&AWITH MUSLIM CAMPUS
CHAPLAIN SEE P. 9
CHEFS TABLE COMES TO THE
LIBRARY SEE P. 11
RED SEA MADNESS SUCCESS
SEE P. 24